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Further Workplace Health and Safety bosses will be grilled at the inquest into the Dreamworld disaster today, after a leading inspector admitted he had "no confidence" in the emergency procedures in place on the Thunder River Rapids ride.

Samsung products causing 'havoc': Choice

Consumer watchdog Choice says it doesn't want anybody to "die in the dark" from a Samsung product after another washing machine caught alight.

An elderly woman in Melbourne's north had to be treated for smoke inhalation after her laundry room caught alight on Thursday.

MFB investigators say the cause of the blaze was a faulty Samsung top loader.

"The Samsung top loader had previously been recalled for safety reasons," the brigade said in a statement on Friday, urging residents to check their machines.

Six Samsung washing machine models were subject to an Australia-wide safety recall in 2013.

Samsung has won back-to-back Shonkys from Choice after recalling its potentially dangerous Galaxy Note7 smartphone this year and failing to advertise its top loader washing machine recall on TV in 2015.